Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
Wine is the divine juice of September.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little important and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope.