Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

A man has need of tough ears to hear himself fairly judged.

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is...opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.

In truth, the care and expense of our fathers aims only at furnishing our heads with knowledge; of judgement and virtue, little news.

The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.