There is no place more delightful than home.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Death approaches, which is always impending like the stone over Tantalus: then comes superstition with which he who is imbued can never have peace of mind.

Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

A man of courage is also full of faith.