It is only love that has already fallen sick that is killed by absence.
Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.
Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.
It is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.
The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's.
Men at any age truly never grow up. All, no matter what importance they may have attained, are still no more than little boys.