Be yourself, because others are already taken.

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.

A flower blossoms for its own joy.

Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.

But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Even things that are true can be proved.