There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils, but present evils triumph over it.

To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.

Nature has concealed at the bottom of our minds talents and abilities of which we are not aware.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.

We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us.