To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.

All that is due to us will be paid, although not perhaps by those to whom we have lent.

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy.

Conquer, but don't triumph.