It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.
Resistance to oppression is second nature.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.