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.
There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.
We don't have enough time to premeditate all our actions.
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.
All men are born truthful and die liars.
Great thoughts always come from the heart.
The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.
Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.
No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection.
There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
Great men undertake great things because they are great fools because they think them easy.
Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.
Generosity gives assistance rather than advice.
There are men who are happy without knowing it.
Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.
When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement it is a sign that it should be rejected.
Action makes more fortunes than caution.
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