We find ourselves less witty in remembering what we have said than in dreaming of what we would have said.
The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it.
The grave is a crucible where memory is purified; we only remember a dead friend by those qualities which make him regretted.
What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion
It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.
True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.