The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.

Female friendships are of rapid growth.

If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.