It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others.
There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
One who is allowed to sin, sins less
The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.