Collection of phrases and quotes about life.
Misfortune is the midwife of virtues.
After power, there is nothing as sublime as knowing how to have control over its use.
Sufferings are like passing clouds: from afar they seem black, but up close they are barely gray.
Life lacks value if it does not bring us satisfaction. Among these, the most valuable is rational society, which enlightens the mind, soothes the temperament, uplifts the spirit, and promotes health.
There is no talent more valuable than that of not using two words when one is enough.
I have never been able to conceive how a rational being could pursue happiness by exercising power over others.
I truly tremble for my country when I think that God exists.
A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.
There is no king who, having sufficient strength, is not always willing to become an absolute ruler.
The world is full of suffering but also of overcoming it.
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of a tiger ended up inside it.
If a free society cannot help its many poor, it cannot save its few rich either.