“Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.”

“A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.”

“The strong man is strongest when alone.”

“Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.”

“They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.”

“Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.”

“Art is the daughter of freedom.”

“Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.”

“No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.”

“Nothing leads to good that is not natural.”

“He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.”