Before beginning, plan carefully.
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can not exist.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
Let your desires be ruled by reason.
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.
By doubting we come at truth.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.
Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.