Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.

Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?

This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.

Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.