“I'd rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.”

“I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.”

“The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius...”

“No Prefect of Police believes that a cat can turn into a lion; nevertheless the thing happens...”

“For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.”

“He left her. She was dissatisfied with him. He had preferred to incur her anger rather than cause her pain. He had kept all the pain for himself.”

“to arrive at this flourishing condition had required years. He had undergone everything, in the shape of privation; he had done everything, except get into debt. Rather than borrow, he did not eat.”