Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.
It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.
Someone has said that to plagiarise from the ancients is to play the pirate beyond the Equator, but that to steal from the moderns is to pick pockets at street corners.
Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.
If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly.