It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

The part of life which we really live is short.

The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.