There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.
The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle.
The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.
You’ll never attain it unless you know the feeling.
It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.
We are forced to participate in the games of life before we can possibly learn how to use the options in the rules governing them.
Presents at once? That’s good. He is sure to succeed.
Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.
Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.
To a valet no man is a hero.
It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.
Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.
And here, poor fool, with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.
No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.
Judge a man’s character by what he finds ridiculous.
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.