To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.

Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!

Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.

People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal.

Miracle is the pet child of faith.