Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.

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.

Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.

It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.

Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.

Those who can bear all can dare all.

The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.