The Mark Of Extraordinary Merit Is To

Everyone Agrees That A Secret Should Be Kept Intact, But Everyone Does Not Agree As To The Nature And Importance Of Secrecy. Too Often We Consult Ourselves As To What We Should Say, What We Should Leave Unsaid. There Are Few Permanent Secrets, And The Scruple Against Revealing Them Will Not Last Forever.

The Only Real Voyage Of Discovery Consists Not In Seeking New Landscapes But In Having New Eyes. The Glory Of Great Men Should Always Be Measured By The Means They Have Used To Acpuire It.

A Man, In Order To Establish Himself In The World, Does Everything He Can To Appear Established There.

Every One Complains Of A Poor Memory, No One Of A Weak Judgment.

Few Are Sufficiently Wise To Prefer Censure Which Is Useful To Praise Which Is Treacherous.