I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!