Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Character

You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.

Dependence

Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.

Genius

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.

Heroes and Heroism

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

Jealousy

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.

Men

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

Pride

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

Secrets

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Want

He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.