The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

Friendship is only a reciprocal conciliation of interests.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

Hope is the last thing that dies in man.

Nobody deserves to be praised for goodness unless he is strong enough to be bad, for any other goodness is usually merely inertia or lack of will-power.