It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
Life is short and art is long.
Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.
Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death; a thousand doors open on to it.
He who is penitent is almost innocent.
Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.