In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.

Polite beggary is too common.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.