As with ships, so with men; he who turns his back to his foe gives him an advantage.
Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing.
Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.
Wag the world how it will, Leaves must be green in Spring.
He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married.