“Everything disturbs an absent lover.”

Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.

Until death it is all life.

Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.

The wounds received in battle bestow honor, they do not take it away.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.

Never look for birds of this year in the nests of the last.

Seek for good, but expect evil.

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

Where envy reigns virtue can’t exist, and generosity doesn’t go with meanness.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.