It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.

What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.

The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

A man may twist as he pleases, and do what he pleases, but he inevitably comes back to the track to which nature has destined him.

Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.

To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone.