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.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
I am my nearest neighbour.
They make solitude, which they call peace.