In the midst of life, we are in death.
The tragedy of life is that people do not change.
But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.
I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.
Those who never think of money need a great deal of it.
The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation.