That is the way of youth and life in general: that we do not understand the strategy until after the campaign is over.

Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

Precaution is better than cure.

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.