Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Light cares speak, great ones are speechless. -Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent

Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law

To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.

Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.

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.