It is sweet to mingle tears with tears; Griefs, where they wound in solitude, Wound more deeply.

Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.

He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.