Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
I looked up and saw a bunch of military-looking guys in coveralls, holding big, bulky rifles and wearing hooded gas masks with tinted face-plates.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.