People who make no noise are dangerous.
The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.