In war, discipline can do more than fury.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

The world has always been the same; and there is always as much good fortune as bad in it.

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied.

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.