A parsimony of words prodigal of sense.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.