One half of my life has put the other half in the grave.
When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it cannot be accomplished; and Nature suffers violence when Heaven puts a woman in the humor of observing silence.
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit.
It matters more how one gives than what one gives
Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.