That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.
“The ambitious climbs up high and perilous stairs, and never cares how to come down; the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear of a fall”
“Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.”
Liberty once lost, is lost forever.
A taste for literature and a turn for business, united in the same person, never fails to make a great man.
I discovered books and read forever.
I shall never shine 'til some animating occasion calls forth all my powers.
this wasted time i have found by constant experience to be as indispensable as sleep
In general, our generals were out generalled.
You and I ought not to die,before we have explained ourselves to each other.
There is no greater guilt than the unneccessary war.
Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.
A man ought to avow his opinions and defend them with boldness.
No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.
They shall not be expected to acknowledge us until we have acknowledged ourselves.
I wish I could lay down beside her and die too
Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.
It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.
“In the long run, any system that depends on your willpower will fail.”
“My worldview is that all success is luck if you track it back to its source.”
“Good health is a baseline requirement for success.”
“money distorts truth like a hippo in a thong.”
“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it.”
“Happiness has more to do with where you’re heading than where you are.”