Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

Everything that poverty touches becomes frightful.

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine, Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove how the right is chiefly with the strong.

The greatest fools are oft the most satisfied.

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.

Nature always springs to the surface and manages to show what she is. It is vain to stop or try to drive her back. She breaks through every obstacle, pushes forward, and at last makes for herself a way.