An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.