[Alexander] Hamilton estimated portrait painters as thieves of time.
stoicism is the fundamental characteristic of the French.
No country can reach a high stage of civilization without a leisure class.
nothing in life is more corroding than habit.
If you can't get the very best in this world, take nothing.
Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!