One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.
Death pays all debts.
When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker.
The most ordinary things, the most common and familiar, if we could see them in their true light, would turn out to be the grandest miracles.
The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.
What kind of truth is it which has these mountains as its boundary and is a lie beyond them?