See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.
The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.
Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.