Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.

Those alone are wise who know how to love.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Time discovers truth.

The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.