True power and true politeness are above vanity.
I have chosen to be happy because it is goo for my health.
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.
Injustice in the end produces independence.
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.