It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.
Genius and great abilities are often wanting; sometimes, only opportunities. Some deserve praise for what they have done; others for what they would have done.