The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
Stupidity has its sublime as well as genius, and he who carries that quality to absurdity has reached it; which is always a source of amusement to sensible people.
For whatever a man has, is in reality only a gift.
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
The compulsion of fate is bitter.