“The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.”

“We never taste a perfect joy our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.”

“One often calms one's grief by recounting it.”

“The greater the effort, the greater the glory.”

“Every man of courage is a man of his word.”

“A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.”

“Happiness seems made to be shared.”

“We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.”

“Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!”

“Each instant of life is a step toward death.”

“To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.”