You should aim to be independent of any one vote, of any one fashion, of any one century.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.

A wise prince must never take things easy in times of peace.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

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

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.

A brand new mediocrity is thought more of than accustomed excellence.