“The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.”

It is play and only play that makes man complete.

I am better than my reputation.

One can give advice comfortably from a safe port.

Live with your century; but do not be its creature.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

A healthy nature needs no God or immortality.

Only through Beauty’s morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.

Time is a blooming field: nature is ever teeming with life: and all is seed, and all is fruit.

The May of life blooms once and never again.

In the ardor of pursuit men soon forget the goal from which they start.

In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully.

Appearance rules the world.

To know thyself- in others self-concern; Would’st thou know others? read thyself–and learn!

The zeal of friends it is that razes me, And not the hate of enemies.

Illusion is brief, but repentance is long.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage.

One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.

I’ve learned that with all the advantages that come with being a grown up comes responsibility. Responsibility to be true to yourself, responsibility to honor those who came before you and responsibility to those who will come after you.

It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.

There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

The moment I used my adversity to my advantage, my career exploded.