Women sometimes forgive a man who forces the opportunity, but never a man who misses ones.
Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.
Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.
Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool.
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.