Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.

Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.

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

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you