We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

No evil is without its compensation.

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Unjust rule does not last forever.

The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.

The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.