Knowledge without courage is sterile.

What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

If to talk to oneself when alone is folly, it must be doubly unwise to listen to oneself in the presence of others.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

Few are the friends of a mans self, most those of his circumstances.