Know how to keep anticipation alive: always strive to feed it, by letting the much promise more, and the one achievement be the announcement only of a greater. Put not all your reserves into the first throw; the great trick is to dole out strength, and to dole out mind, in such a fashion as to bring forward increasingly the fulfillment of what was expected of you.

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

Trust your heart, especially when it is a strong one.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure.

Success rarely brings satisfaction.

Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.