It is only through timidity that states are lost.
All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.
One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.