In human nature there is a hidden inclination and tendency to love others.
Time is the greatest innovator.
In the world, everything repeats itself.
Virtues free us from the rule of vice, and courage frees us from the rule of fate.
Any form of coercion is capable of giving rise to new evil.
Any form of emptiness is insulting, even the emptiness of the soul.
A closed nature keeps others at a distance from us and protects us. It is like a screen that protects our intentions.
For total perfection the preparation must be more difficult than the work itself.
He who desires nothing and fears everything is to be pitied; and this is precisely the fate of monarchs.
Sometimes a bad habit is acquired and reinforced along with a good one.
The art of making discoveries matures by evolving along with the discoveries themselves.
As they often say: slander, slander more, because something always remains from slander. The same can be said about praise: believe me, praise yourself a lot, because something always remains from praise.
When you're constantly dealing with cunning people, you have to keep track of what their goals are. With such people it is good to talk a little and say things that they least expect.
He who does not want to reduce his property, must spend no more than half of the income he has; and whoever wants to increase it, no more than a third.
He who has pity for his opponent is without pity for himself.
It is better to have no idea of God at all, than one that is inadequate to him.
People think according to natural inclinations, goals and opinions that have been instilled in them, but they act according to habit.
The wise despise science, the simple worship it, and the wise use it.
Mercy is never exaggerated.
Many, thinking about what they can buy with the price of their wealth, sell themselves first of all.
The ant is a wise creature in itself, but it is a pest in the orchard or garden. Likewise, excessively proud people are harmful to society. Choose the rational middle ground between pride and duty to society.
The most frequent external cause of one man's happiness is another's folly, for there is no other means of prosperity than other men's faults.
To enjoy happiness is an extraordinary good, to be able to offer it to others - it is above all.
It cannot be denied that external circumstances favor human happiness. But man's fate is primarily in his own hands.
There is no doubt that the best initiatives, which have brought the greatest benefit to society, have come from unmarried and childless people.
There is no greater wisdom than opportunity. By disregarding dangers, you do not diminish them; more often, they defeat you not in fair combat, but by taking you by surprise. In case of danger, it is better to meet it halfway, even if it is not near, than to wait too long, because too much vigilance makes you sleepy.
There is no passion in the human soul, no matter how weak, that does not overcome the fear of death. Vengeance triumphs over death, love scorns it, honor provokes it, grief seeks refuge in it, fear anticipates it.
There is nothing more intelligent than to make the wheel of your own mind turn with the wheel of Fortune.
Nothing is scary but fear itself.
A common trick: the founders of any science turn the impotence of their own science into calumnies against nature.