No one is promiscuous in his way of dying. A man who has decided to hang himself will never jump in front of a train.

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.

Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.

Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.

Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.