Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
We do not believe if we do not live and work according to our belief.
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.
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.
If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.