Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.

That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.

Philosophy takes as her aim the state of happiness...she shows us what are real and what are only apparent evils. She strips men's minds of empty thinking, bestows a greatness that is solid and administers a check to greatness where it is puffed up and all an empty show; she sees that we are left no doubt about the difference between what is great and what is bloated.

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.