The esteem of good men is the reward of our worth, but the reputation of the world in general is the gift of our fate.

Sometimes there is equal or more ability in knowing how to use good advice than there is in giving it.

It is safer to do most men harm than to do them too much good.

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

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

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

He is a truly virtuous man who wishes always to be open to the observation of honest men.