True nobility is exempt from fear.
Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.
A letter does not blush.
Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.