Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.

There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.

A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.

Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.