Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.

It is very rare to find ground which produces nothing; if it is not covered with flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it produces briers and pines. It is the same with man; if he is not virtuous, he becomes vicious.

If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities.

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

Let us not envy some men their accumulated riches; their burden would be too heavy for us; we could not sacrifice, as they do, health, quiet, honor and conscience, to obtain them: It is to pay so dear from them that the bargain is a loss.