A man for whom accident discovers sense, is not a rational being. A man only is so who understands, who distinguishes, who tests it.
It is praiseworthy even to attempt a great action.
We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.
Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good.
Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.
Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.