When in fear, it is safest to force the attack.

All art is an imitation of nature.

No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.

If you want to be loved, love.

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.

The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.