Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.
Eminent station makes great men more great, and little ones less.
Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.
We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.