We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do but grapple with her.
Abstinence is easier than temperance.
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.
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.