Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
All cruelty springs from weakness.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
No man was ever wise by chance.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
He who is brave is free.
You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.