The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do not perceive ourselves to be sick, renders us more hard to be cured.

There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.

It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.