Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.

Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.