The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.

We easily forget our faults when no one knows them but ourselves.

There are some faults which, when well managed, make a greater figure than virtue itself.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.

If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.

History never embraces more than a small part of reality