One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!
To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.
Happiness seems made to be shared.
Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.
Each instant of life is a step toward death.
I don't know how to defend myself: surprised innocence cannot imagine being under suspicion.
Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.
He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
My sweetest hope is to lose hope.