Virtue consisteth of three parts,--temperance, fortitude, and justice.

A beneficent person is like a fountain watering the earth, and spreading fertility; it is, therefore, more delightful to give than to receive.

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men.

Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death we human beings all live in an unwalled city.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

As if they were our own handiwork we place a high value on our characters.