No evil is without its compensation.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.

To be everywhere is to be nowhere.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses.

To govern was to serve, not to rule.