He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

The mind makes the nobleman, and uplifts the lowly to high degree.

There is no evil without its compensation.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

The entire world would perish, if pity were not to limit anger.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.