The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.
By dint of making sacrifices, a man grows interested in the person who exacts them. Great ladies, like courtesans, know this truth by instinct.
When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.