Common sense is the genius of humanity.

By seeking and blundering we learn.

Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.