To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.
Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
The best ideas are common property.
Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.