"All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that."

"Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side."

"Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier."

"Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others."

"Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong."

"The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good."

"It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it."

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?"

"If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke."

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."

"We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess."

"Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."