Reality

All that he had left was a little house in a desolate place at least a hundred leagues from the town in which he had lived, and to this he was forced to retreat with his children, who were in despair at the idea of leading such a different life.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths

Any fool can critizise, condemn and complain – and most fools do

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things keep ourselves loyal to the truth

They do not love that do not show their love

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly

When in doubt tell the truth

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts

Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

True life is lived when tiny changes occur

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy

Even a single hair casts a shadow

All that glitters is not gold