The only business of the historian is to relate things exactly as they are: this he can never do as long as he is afraid
The wealth of the soul is the only true wealth.
Poverty persuades a man to do and suffer everything that he may escape from it.
The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service.
It is not lawful or proper for you to know everything.
The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an eternity.