Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
Eternity gives nothing back of what one leaves out of the minutes.
The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
Have Hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow, - No night but hath its morn.
Virtue is no empty echo.
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.