Mutability is written upon all things.

It is said that friendship between women is only a suspension of hostilities.

Poverty treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected wealth.

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Opinions, theories, and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out.

Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.