The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.
I would have preferred to have been born in any other time than our own.
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive
I have taken pride in others, never in myself.
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.