Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.

Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.

The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go ashore unnoticed by the guards. Its winter is mild because it is enclosed by a range of mountains which keeps out the fierce temperature; its summer is unequal. The open sea is very pleasant and it has a view of a beautiful bay.

Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.