To understand is to forgive.

It is the contest that delights us, and not the victory.

When a soldier complains of his hard life (or a labourer, etc.) try giving him nothing to do.

It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe.

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.