Being bilingual is like having a wife and a mistress. One can never be sure of either.
Eternity - waste of time.
To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
What makes bad writers so annoying is their good passages.
To think about and prepare for war is boring, boring for everyone. It's being locked in barracks.
Avoid that romantic trap: saying more than you feel, forcing yourself to feel more than you've said!