Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one.

Taking things not as they ought to be, but as they are, I fear it must be allowed that Macchiavelli will always have more disciples than Jesus.

Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.

The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it.