There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
Wealth and poverty; one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.
The function of the wing is to take what is heavy and raise it up in the region above.
Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.
Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.