Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
Action makes more fortune than caution.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views.
When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him
He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.