“No one can keep a mask on long.”

Find a path or make one.

A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

There is no genius without a touch of madness.

The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

The sun also shines on the wicked.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Speech is the mirror of the mind.