In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

Whose happiness is so firmly established that he has no quarrel from any side with his estate of life?

Love has three kinds of origin, namely: suffering, friendship and love. A human love has a corporal and intellectual origin.

Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.