The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
Nothing but courage can guide life.
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.
We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.