The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
I believe in God and in nature and in the triumph of good over evil.
But one must know where one stands, and where the others wish to go.
Boldness has power, magic and genius in it.
He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.
How many years must a man do nothing, before he can at all know what is to be done and how to do it!