Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.

Many a smiling face hides a mourning heart; but grief alone teaches us what we are.

Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

For the world is only governed by self-interest.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Man is made of ordinary things, and habit is his nurse.