Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.
Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.
If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.
Activity makes more men's fortunes than cautiousness.
The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.
Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.