It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny

The object of ambition, unlike that of love, never being wholly possessed, ambition is the more durable passion of the two.

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.

Business first, then pleasure.

Money never can be well managed if sought solely through the greed of money for its own sake. In all meanness there is a defect of intellect as well as of heart. And even the cleverness of avarice is but the cunning of imbecility.

Revolutions are not made with rosewater.