If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.

Opportunity is the great bawd.

Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.

Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity, it has to take a lot of work to remain ignorant.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.