The moral defeat inflicted is more serious than the material disaster.
Only friends betray.
Mário Silva Brito
Evil is its own executioner.
Xavier Maistre
The impossible is man's only worthy adversary.
Andrée Chedid
Hurry: time runs away and drags us with it: the moment in which I speak is already far from me.
Nicolas Boileau
This world is only boring on two occasions: in war and in peace.
Millôr Fernandes