We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.
Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.
The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.
I am never less alone than when alone.
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.