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.

To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.

It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.

Those who can bear all can dare all.

Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.

Prosperity makes few friends.