A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal upon the wit he shows..

Glory is a shroud that posterity often tears from the shoulders of those who wore it when living..

Flow wine, smile woman, and the universe is consoled..

Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead..

Our friends, the enemy..

Gaily! gaily! close our ranks! Arm! Advance! Hope of France! Gaily! gaily! closed our ranks! Onward! Onward! Gauls and Franks!.

When in our days Religion is made a political engine, she exposes herself to having her sacred character forgotten. The most tolerant become intolera….

Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout, Our blindness is a dark profound, Our deafness each one laughs about. Then reason's….

What divides men is less a difference in ideas than a likeness in pretensions..

Our century is a brutal thinker..

Adieu! 'tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home..

Paradise is open to all kind hearts..