One must choose between making a man or a citizen, for one cannot make both at the same time.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

All that time is lost which might be better employed.

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.