Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.
We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.
We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.
In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.
Man never rises to great truths without enthusiasm.
The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.
Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.
Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.
Prosperity makes few friends.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die.
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.
To possess taste, one must have some soul.
Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.