Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice.
Prosperity makes some friends and many enemies.
The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
Action makes more fortunes than caution.
If virtue were its own reward it would no longer be a human quality but supernatural.
We don't have enough time to premeditate all our actions.
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
There is nothing that fear or hope does not make men believe.
There are men who are happy without knowing it.
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.
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.
Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
Generosity gives assistance rather than advice.
We should expect the best and the worst from mankind as from the weather.
No one is more liable to make mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection.
Great thoughts always come from the heart.
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement it is a sign that it should be rejected.
Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.
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