It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.

Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.

Life without the courage to die is slavery.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

Light is that grief which counsel can allay.