That cannot be safe which is not honourable.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.