Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity.

The truest wild beasts live in the most populous places.

Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.

To overvalue something is a form of lying.

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