Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.

Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.

If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior.

Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.