Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.
Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.
Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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.