A great mind becomes a great fortune.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color.

He who has great power should use it lightly.