If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.
It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
The average man don't like trouble and danger.
In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.
A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.