The public has more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing.