Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Perseverance is king.
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.