In this world, all power rests upon force.

An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

n every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.