"My library Was dukedom large enough."

"Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end."

"Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books; but love from look, toward school with heavy looks."

"Beware the ides of March."

"He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself."

"Ambition, the soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss, than gain which darkens him."

"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles and smiles, with sniffles predominating."

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."

"Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works..."

"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."

"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate."

"A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault."