People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
How many fools does it take to make up a public?
All passions are exaggerated, otherwise they would not be passions.
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.