I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.
Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.
Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
By courage I repel adversity. (Adversa Virtute Repello)
May no portent of evil be attached to the words I say.
The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.
The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.
The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return the better to thinking.
