It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

One doesn't always lose when one has to do without.

He who can not learn to love must flatter.

Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.

It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.