It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.

As the priest is characterized by his cassock, so the smoker by his pipe. The way in which he holds it, raises it to his lips, and knocks out the ashes, reveals his personality, habits, passions, and even his thoughts.

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.

There are men from whom nature or some peculiar destiny has removed the cover beneath which we hide our own madness. They are likethin-skinned insects whose visible play of muscles seem to make them deformed, though in fact, everything soon turns to its normal shape again.

It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.

How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky.

Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you.