The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.
One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.
How strange it is to see with how much passion People see things only in their own fashion!