We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.