Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration.

To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough.

Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it.