It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him.
The road is a long one from the projection of a thing to its accomplishment.
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it.