There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

We must always live in hope; without that consolation there would be no living.

war often breaks out when there is the most talk of peace.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.