“Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.”
Time“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
Great“Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.”
Time“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”
Anger“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”
Great“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
Freedom“It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.”
Great“Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.”
Good“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”
Art“A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.”
Fear“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
Business“The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.”
Anger“Time discovers truth.”
Time“Genius always gives its best at first prudence, at last.”
Best“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”
Religion“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
Men“The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.”
Knowledge“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
Future“The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.”
Good“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”
Power“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
Great“The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.”
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