Theirs is the present who can praise the past.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

Critics must excuse me if I compare them to certain animals called asses, who, by gnawing vines, originally taught the great advantage of pruning them.

Let the gulled fool the toil of war pursue, where bleed the many to enrich the few.

Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?

Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.

Immoderate assurance is perfect licentiousness.