The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

What one great thing would you dare to dream if you knew you could not fail? The easiest person to deceive is one's own self.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny