Those who can bear all can dare all.
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
In order to do great things, it is necessary to live as if one was never to die.
The favorites of fortune or of fame topple from their pedestals before our eyes without diverting us from ambition.
The art of pleasing is the art of deception.
The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.