We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.