We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.
We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men.
None are more liable to mistakes than those who act only on second thoughts.
The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.