Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty.

If women only knew the extent of their power!

Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness.

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.