Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.

Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.