The most original of authors are not so because they advance what is new, but more because they know how to say something, as if it had never been said before.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born

If one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries.

No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even one and the same person won't always maintain the same views and judgments: earlier convictions must give way to later ones.

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

The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it.