Freedom exists only with power. |
Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do. |
Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity; a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue |
Great souls suffer in silence |
Have hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from my brow -- No night but hath its morn. |
He that is overcautious will accomplish little |
He who considers too much will perform little |
He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. |
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward. |
Honesty prospers in every condition of life. |
In a narrow circle the mind grows narrow. The more one expands, the larger their aims. |
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in |
It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases. |
It is easy to give advice from a port of safety. |
It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons. |