The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

There is nothing which continues longer than a moderate fortune; nothing of which one sees sooner the end than a large fortune.

There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they neglect to live.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.