Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.

All things happen by virtue of necessity.

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.

Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.