General Napoleon says that ability is of little account without opportunity. The opposite is also correct: Opportunity is of little account without ability.

The clever cannot catch the genius; such an attempt is just an act of trying to catch the shadow of a flying bird!

It is impossible to carry everyone you know to your future! Most will remain in your past!

If you can remain as an atheist in a falling plane, then it means you are a real atheist!

People ask whether there is Hell. Yes, there is Hell: Hate is Hell!

Heraclitus says you cannot step into the same river twice. We can also say that the same river cannot touch us twice!

Misfortune is mostly an awkwardness!