Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.
It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.
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.
There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.