A human being should beware how he laughs, for then he shows all his faults.
A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors.
We believe that the defects of so many perverse and so many frivolous people, who make up society, are organic, and society is a hospital of incurables.
Nature: She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.
It is defeat which educates us.
Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight.