Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.
We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do but grapple with her.
Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
After death there is nothing.
There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.