Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently.
The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.
Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
Wisdom comes to no one by chance.
You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms.
No one can have all he desires.
Nothing is ours except time.
If virtue precede us every step will be safe.
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
Praise thyself never.
Speech is the mirror of the mind.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.
Money has never yet made anyone rich.
To strive with an equal is dangerous; with a superior, mad; with an inferior, degrading.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.
After death there is nothing.
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