Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

Destiny is our will, and our will is nature.