It is impossible to live without brains, either one's own or borrowed.

Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.

There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

For a thing to remain undone nothing more is needed than to think of it done.

There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.

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.

If there is nothing left to desire, there is everything to fear, an unhappy state of happiness.