Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.

Women carry a beautiful hand with them to the grave, when a beautiful face has long ago vanished.

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.