Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.

All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.

No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge.

No one should be rich except those who understand it.

The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified.

We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.