James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Delille

Le sort fait les parents, le choix fait les amis—It is to chance we owe our relatives, to choice our friends.

Our relations are ours by lot, our friends by election.

Promettre c’est donner, espérer c’est jouir.

To promise is already to give, to hope already to enjoy.

Tremblez, tyrans; vous êtes immortels—Tremble, ye tyrants; ye cannot die.