A hated government does not long survive.
The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.
Men practice war; beasts do not.
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.
There is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.