Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive.
Greece appears to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance
When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
A book should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it.
Quotation is a good thing, there is a community of thought in it.
Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure.