If women only knew the extent of their power!
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.
Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.