The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

No man was ever wise by chance.