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