Nothing but courage can guide life.
We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.
If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.