A hated government does not long survive.

The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.

Time is the greatest remedy for anger.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

Ignorance is the cause of fear.