A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature the oldest.

The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe.

Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

It is often the easiest move that completes the game. Fortune is like the lady whom a lover carried off from all his rivals by putting an additional lace upon his liveries.

Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.