Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

Time is the greatest remedy for anger.