The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

What then is your duty? What the day demands.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.

Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Nothing is worse than active ignorance.