The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it

Force has no place where there is need of skill

Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances