A man's ancestry is a positive property to him.

Julius Caesar owed two millions when he risked the experiment of being general in Gaul. If Julius Caesar had not lived to cross the Rubicon, and pay off his debts, what would his creditors have called Julius Caesar?

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

Childhood and genius have the same master organ in common - inquisitiveness.

Punctuality is a virtue, If you don't mind being lonely.

If there is a virtue in the world at which we should always aim, it is cheerfulness.