He is the best gentleman that is the son of his own deserts, and not the degenerated heir of another's virtue.

Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time.

Work, which makes a man free, and thought, which makes him worthy of freedom.

Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

A few feet under the ground reigns so profound a silence, and yet so much tumult on the surface!

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.