Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult
Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.
It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart.