Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.

He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation, next to that which comes from heaven.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

The Italians have voices like peacocks - German gives me a cold in the head - and Russian is nothing but sneezing

Julius Caesar owed two millions when he risked the experiment of being general in Gaul. If Julius Caesar had not lived to cross the Rubicon, and pay off his debts, what would his creditors have called Julius Caesar?

Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.

Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.