There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last.
Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.
At present the peace of the world has been preserved, not by statesmen, but by capitalists.
That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.
Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.