The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.
One must wait till it comes.
horses: dangerous on both ends and crafty in the middle
Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.