Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.
The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.