To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Nothing should lessen our satisfaction with ourselves as much as when we notice that we disapprove of something at one time that we approve of at another time.

However evil men may be they dare not be openly hostile to virtue, and so when they want to attack it they pretend to find it spurious , or impute crimes to it.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

None but great men are capable of having great flaws.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.