There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent.

Hope and fear are inseparable. There is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.

The old begin to complain of the conduct of the young when they themselves are no longer able to set a bad example.

Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.

Great souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

Nothing is so contagious as example.

When we seek reconciliation with our enemies, it is commonly out of a desire to better our own condition, a being harassed and tired out with a state of war, and a fear of some ill accident which we are willing to prevent.