For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.

You who are in power have only the means that money produces — we who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts.

For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

I have no will, unless it be the will never to decide. I have been so overwhelmed by the many storms that have broken over my head, that I am become passive in the hands of the Almighty, like a sparrow in the talons of an eagle. I live, because it is not ordained for me to die.

I am a count, not a saint.

I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away.