The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.

There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

It is easier to fall in love when you are out of it than to get out of it when you are in.

Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.

Fortune and humor govern the world.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.

History never embraces more than a small part of reality