I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.

And still, laughter is akin to weeping.

Words are the wings of actions.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

Good-humor is always a success.

The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.