Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing: