It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.

Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts

The Germans, a race eager for war.