I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.

No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.

It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.