Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.
If virtue were its own reward it would no longer be a human quality but supernatural.
Action makes more fortunes than caution.
The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
Great men undertake great things because they are great fools because they think them easy.
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.
Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
Great thoughts always come from the heart.
No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection.
We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.
Generosity gives assistance rather than advice.
Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
Prosperity makes few friends.
There are men who are happy without knowing it.
There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
We don't have enough time to premeditate all our actions.
If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself I reply: Because I have been wrong once or oftener I do not aspire to be always wrong.
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
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