Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.

I believe absence is a great element of charm.

The essence of education is the education of the body.

My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.

Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.

As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.

Success is the child of audacity.