Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.

I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

His only fault is that he has no fault.

How many things... are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?

The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.

There is always something new out of Africa.