There exists no more difficult art than living.
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
Every reign must submit to a greater reign.
Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration.
Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.