The greatest service you can render someone else is helping him help himself.
Hope is a great falsifier of truth.
There is no wilderness like a life without friends.
A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.
Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax