The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.

Consciousness of our strength increases it.

The conscience of the dying belies their life.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.