The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of Science is that it is not emotional.
When we take our advantage unrelentingly, then we make war.
When fortune comes, do not enjoy all of it; when advantage comes, do not take all of it.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect.
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
In effect it seemed to him that, though honor might possess certain advantages, yet shame had others, and not inferior: advantages, even, that were well-nigh boundless in their scope.
I would have everybody marry if they can do it properly: I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.
Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you’ve lived nearly half the time you have to live already?
A man who keeps calm has always a great advantage.