Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.

You can end love more easily than you can moderate it.

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back

All art is an imitation of nature.