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

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

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

It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

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.

If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.