My friends are my estate.
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
Deeds, not words shall speak me.
I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.