The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.

He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

It is remarkable that Providence has given us all things for our advantage near at hand; but iron, gold, and silver, being both the instruments of blood and slaughter and the price of it, nature has hidden in the bowels of the earth.

It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.