The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

Beautiful is greater than Good, for it includes the Good.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly acheive in an age.