The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.