Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death; a thousand doors open on to it.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Praise thyself never.

To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.

The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.