Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it.
Life is long if you know how to use it.
To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.