You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
The greatest evil that fortune can bring to men is to endow them with feeble resources and yet to make them ambitious.
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
We can console ourselves for not having great talents as we console ourselves for not having great places. We can be above both in our hearts.
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.