Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

None are rash when they are not seen by anybody.

We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.

I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.