Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing?
Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.
History has its truth; and so has legend hers.
My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
No one can keep a secret better than a child.