Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.
The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.
A man of sense, though born without wit, often lives to have wit. His memory treasures up ideas and reflections; he compares themwith new occurrences, and strikes out new lights from the collision. The consequence is sometimes bons mots, and sometimes apothegms.