Why worry about what threatens our heads or purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.
A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.
Night and the day, when united, Bring forth the beautiful light.
He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.
The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what is elevated and great.
Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.