Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

He who fears to venture as far as his heart urges and his reason permits, is a coward; he who ventures further than he intended to go, is a slave.

But a day must come when the fire of youth will be quenched in my veins, when winter will dwell in my heart, when his snow flakes will whiten my locks, and his mists will dim my eyes. Then my friends will lie in their lonely grave, and I alone will remain like a solitary stalk forgotten by the reaper.

It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. Oh, what lies there are in kisses!

I have never seen an ass who talked like a human being, but I have met many human beings who talked like asses.

On the waves of the brook she dances by, The light, the lovely dragon-fly; She dances here, she dances there, The shimmering, glimmering flutterer fair. And many a foolish young beetle's impressed By the blue gauze gown in which she is dressed; They admire the enamel that decks her bright, And her elegant waist so slim and slight.