Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration.
Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.
Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity.