Government is not reason, it is not eloquent, it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

It is not for minds like ours to give or to receive flatter, yet the praises of sincerity have ever been permitted to the voice of friendship.

Man being reasonable must get drunk, the best of life is but intoxication.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

The roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

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