Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other everything to gain.
Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.
It is easier to win love than to keep it.
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.
Tact is good taste in action.