He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

Half of the people in the world are below average.