To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.
Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!
As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.