Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.

That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.

We gain so much by quickness, and lose so much by slowness.

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.