“There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.”

Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.

This only is denied even to God: the power to undo the past.

Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever.

The improvement of the mind improves the heart and corrects the understanding.

Art is in love with luck, and luck with art.

Even God cannot change the past.

I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight

I believe we lose immortality because we have not conquered our opposition to death;