There was more courage in bearing trouble than in escaping from it; the brave and the energetic cling to hope, even in spite of fortune; the cowardly and the indolent are hurried by their fears,' said Plotius Firmus, Roman Praetorian Guard.
Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.