Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth.

There are times when even the most potent governor must wink at transgression, in order to preserve the laws inviolate for the future.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.