Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.

Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.

Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.

To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.