Horus non numero nisi serenas (I count only the sunny hours).

Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

Political truth is libel; religious truth, blasphemy.

Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman seems to be this: the one thinks everything right that is French, the other thinks everything wrong that is not English.

The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.

People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.