Imagination is the mightiest despot.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

What is all our knowledge worth? We do not even know what the weather will be tomorrow.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.

We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.

Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone.