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.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering.

This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.