One must be something to be able to do something.
The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine
If you want to make life easy, make it hard.
We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.
I hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both.
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.