Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse and mule.
All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.
The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.