Knowledge and courage take turns at greatness.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.

Harness the imagination, for she is the whole of happiness.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

A person of your century: Great persons are of their time. Not all were born into a period worthy of them, and many so born failed to benefit by it. Some merited a better century, for all that is good does not always triumph. Fashions have their periods and even the greatest virtues, their styles. But the philosopher, being ageless, has one advantage: Should this not prove the right century, many to follow will.