He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

The anger of those in authority is always weighty.

Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.