Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.
Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
Consciousness of our strength increases it.
Our opinion of others is not so variable as our opinion of ourselves.
Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.
We must expect everything and fear everything from time and from men.