Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
If you would judge, understand.
What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.
Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.
Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.