Truth is so often disconcerting.

A man must sometimes laugh at himself or go mad,’ said he. ‘Few realize it. That is why there are so many madmen in the world.

Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith.

Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest chance might have averted. Indeed, coincidence may be defined as the tool used by Fate to shape the destinies of men and nations.

But they were fated to misunderstand each other.

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.