Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
When a bee stings, she dies. She cannot sting and live. When men sting, their better selves die. Every sting kills a better instinct. Men must not turn bees and kill themselves in stinging others.
Those that want friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.
A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.
Judges ought above all to remember the conclusion of the Roman Twelve Tables :The supreme law of all is the weal [weatlh/ well-being] of the people.