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

The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them.

When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death.

A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.