Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.