No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

Virtue is nothing else than right reason

Life is long if it is full.

The man who thinks only of his own generation is born for few.

The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

Many things have fallen only to rise higher.