There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.