The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.

Treachery is more often the effect of weakness than of a formed design.

To be a great man it is necessary to know how to profit by the whole of our good fortune.

The mind is always the patsy of the heart.

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

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

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune.