When an idea is too weak to support a simple statement it is a sign that it should be rejected.
He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.
If virtue were its own reward it would no longer be a human quality but supernatural.