We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.
To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child
That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.
Nature herself makes the wise man rich.