I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter.

Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

Hatred is partial, but love is still more so.

To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both are pure fortune.

Live dangerously and you live right.

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born