“Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them.”

He who talks much cannot talk well.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.

The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.

The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.

Each day a day goes by.

He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.