Virtue is nothing else than right reason

Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road.