If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own

Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.

Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.

A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.