Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.
A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.
Passion is always suffering, even when gratified.
One thought cannot awake without awakening others.
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.
There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.