If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.

Reason has so many forms that we do not know which to choose-Experiment has no fewer.

Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.

What fear has once made me will, I am bound still to will when without fear.

Don't be afraid to say what you are not afraid to think

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.