The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.

How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

It is opportunity that makes the thief.

Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

Who timidly requests invites refusal.