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.
Tact is good taste in action.
Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.
... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.
To have a good enemy, choose a friend; he knows where to strike.