The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.
It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.
When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.
Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.
Prosperity makes few friends.
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.