The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.
There is no trusting appearances.
Humanity always becomes a conqueror.
A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.
Men seldom think deeply on subjects in which they have no choice of opinion: they are fearful of encountering obstacles to their faith--as in religion--and so are content with the surface.