Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
Humility is the worst form of conceit.
It is a wearisome disease to preserve health by too strict a regimen.
To be a great man it is necessary to turn to account all opportunities.
Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.
Love, like fire, cannot subsist without constant impulse; it ceases to live from the moment it ceases to hope or to fear.