Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama.

Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory.

Listeners beware, for ye are doomed never to hear good of yourselves.

A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.

alas! there is no casting anchor in the stream of time!

There is no cosmetic like happiness