Man is not the creature of circumstance. Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Every woman should marry - and no man.
Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old Age a regret.
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
Like all great travellers [...] I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
I am prepared for the worst, but hope the best.
Never apologize for showing feeling...When you do so, you apologize for truth.
The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
Success is the child of audacity.
There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned lies, and Statistics.
Justice is truth in action.
Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.
I have always thought that every woman should marry, and no man.
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.
