... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.

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.

... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.

We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have left unsaid that decides our conduct.

Tact is good taste in action.

It is easier to win love than to keep it.