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A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.  
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of...  
Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates ...  
Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Meth...  
Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.  
Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you,...  
She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances i...  
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their bene...  
Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.  
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite ...  
The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes ...  
This is the beginning of the end.  
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the pene...  
Too much sensibility creates unhappiness and too much insensibility cr...