As fate is inexorable, and not to be moved either with tears or reproaches, an excess of sorrow is as foolish as profuse laughter; while, on the other hand, not to mourn at all is insensibility.
Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
If you wish to be loved, love.
I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad.
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
Some cures are worse than the dangers they combat.