The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's
designs to one's means.
View quotes by Napoleon BonaparteHis
designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.
View quotes by Henry FieldingDesigns in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.
View quotes by W B YeatsDependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the
designs of ambition.
View quotes by Thomas JeffersonAlways presume that the enemy has dangerous
designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make you timid. [Philosophy of life for a monarch]
View quotes by Frederick IIWe can act as if there were a God; feel as if we were free; consider Nature as if she were full of special
designs; lay plans as if we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life.
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