Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
We are never content with our lot.
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.