“Necessity does everything well.”
“Sorrow makes us children again.”
“Whatever limits us we call fate.”
“An empire is an immense egotism.”
“Poverty consist in feeling poor.”
“All promise outruns performance.”
“Knowledge exists to be imparted.”
“There is always safety in valor.”
“Real action is in silent moments.”
“Civilization depends on morality.”
“The true poem is the poet's mind.”
“Our best history is still poetry.”
“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
“The dice of God are always loaded.”
“All diseases run into one. Old age.”
“Fear always springs from ignorance.”
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
“Our best thoughts come from others.”
“A man's library is a sort of harem.”
“Self-command is the main discipline.”
“Our expenses are all for conformity.”
“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
“Language is the archives of history.”
“Music causes us to think eloquently.”
“Make yourself necessary to somebody.”
“Life is a festival only to the wise.”
“Society is a hospital of incurables.”
“The soul's emphasis is always right.”
“The only reward of virtue is virtue.”