The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.
A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
Virtue is nothing else than right reason
To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.