Presents at once? That’s good. He is sure to succeed.
A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.
Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.
To a valet no man is a hero.
It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.
Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.
And here, poor fool, with all my lore I stand no wiser than before.
When an idea is wanting, a word can always be found to take its place.
Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.
No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.
Judge a man’s character by what he finds ridiculous.
Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.
I have heard myself accused of being an opponent, an enemy of mathematics, which no one can value more highly than I, for it accomplishes the very thing whose achievement has been denied me.
For a brave man deserves a well-endowed girl.
The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.
Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down.
Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.
The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands.
A noble soul alone can noble souls attract; And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never.