The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.

He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.

You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.

Love of action is not industry.

Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships.

When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.