There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

He that can please nobody is not so much to be pitied as he that nobody can please.

He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less.

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power.

Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.

If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.