The more you do, the more you can do.
True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.
The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.
Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity.
A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.
We would willingly, and without remorse, sacrifice not only the present moment, but all the interval (no matter how long) that separates us from any favorite object.