It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful.
You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.
Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter.
The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible to make way.
Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.