I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop
Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him.
Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel.
Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.
A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.