“That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.”

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.

Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.

The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.

Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.

Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.

An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.

Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.

Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.

Don’t hate what you don’t understand!

Don’t hate what you don’t understand!

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

Mediocrity is the worst enemy of prosperity.

We need people who can dream of things that never were.

I would love to, if someone would lend me the money.

You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.