Grief is itself a medicine.
When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.
Absence of occupation is not rest.
We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.