Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.
A man of courage is also full of faith.
The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.