It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
Indolence is the sleep of the mind.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Activity makes more men's fortunes than cautiousness.