No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms.
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable.
Ignorance is the cause of fear.
Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.