Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

When good men die their goodness does not perish.

It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.

The childless escape much misery.

I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.

No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.