That grief is light which can take counsel.
What else is nature but God?
Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward.
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.
A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.