All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.].

My sweetest hope is to lose hope.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph..

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long..

Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect..

This dark brightness that falls from the stars..

I am young, it is true; but in noble souls valor does not wait for years..

Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend..

He who despises life is his life's master..

There are secret ties, there are sympathies, by the sweet relationship of which souls that are well matched attach themselves to each other, and are ….

The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit..

Kindness acts Not always as you think; a hated hand Renders it odious..

Whoever can do as he pleases, commands when he entreats..

When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it ca….

The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get..

Have others fear you, and I will have no fear..

Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed..

Ambition, having reached the summit, longs to descend..

As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true..

How sweet to die after one's enemies..

The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic..