To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.

Patience and shuffle the cards.

I had rather munch a crust of brown bread and an onion in a corner, without any more ado, or ceremony, than feed upon turkey at another man's table.

Blessed be he who invented sleep, a cloak that covers all a man's thoughts.

Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.