"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father."

"The statesman shears the sheep, the politician skins them."

"The fact that you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remained down is important."

"The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito."

"An essential quality of beauty is aloofness."

"Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you."

"Before you beat a child, be sure you yourself are not the cause of the offense."

"If you keep your eyes so fixed on Heaven that you never look at the Earth, you will stumble into Hell."

"Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art."

"Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye."