Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.
Dedicate one's life to truth.
We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.
Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.
She knows no difference 'twixt head and privities who devours immense oysters at midnight.
What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only?