Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

Our actions determine our dispositions.

Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection.

Money was established for exchange, but interest causes it to be reproduced by itself. Therefore this way of earning money is greatly in conflict with the natural law.

Personal beauty requires that one should be tall; little people may have charm and elegance, but beauty-no.