When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.