He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
Action makes more fortune than caution.
Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.
We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.
We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.