What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.
O philosophy, you leader of life.
Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.
It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.
A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.
It is better to receive than to do injury.
The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.
To stumble twice against the same stone is a Proverbsial disgrace.
There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.
The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.
There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest.
There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.
Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.