Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.
What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.
You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art.
Amusement to an observing mind is study.
I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.