He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.
Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.
Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.
In a major matter no details are small.
What is necessary is never a risk.
It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends.
Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns.
Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.
Nothing is more common than unfulfilled potential.
Our friendship is made up of these brief frenzied exchanges, but the quality of our conversation, for all its feverish outpouring, is genuine.
Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?