Life without literary studies is death.
Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.