The impossible is justified by the fact that it occurred

The winter's frost must rend the burr of the nut before the fruit is seen. So adversity tempers the human heart, to discover its real worth.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared.

Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.

In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased with himself as he leaves the boudoir of a lady.

To get a traveling salesman drunk is the height of impossibility.