The only security is courage.

Our good qualities expose us more to hatred and persecution than all the ill we do.

A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

A wise man should order his interests, and set them all in their proper places. This order is often troubled by greed, which putsus upon pursuing so many things at once that, in eagerness for matters of less consideration, we grasp at trifles, and let go things of greater value.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

There are some people who would never have fallen in love if they had not heard there was such a thing.

Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood.