People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
Never confuse motion with action.
Pain wastes the Body, Pleasures the Understanding.
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.
I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.