Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.

No one can have all he desires.

He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when it is in his power to do so.

One crime has to be concealed by another.

The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.