You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.
None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.
Emotions have taught mankind to reason.
When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.
The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.