Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.

If I work incessantly to the last, nature owes me another form of existence when the present one collapses.

No sacred fane requires us to submit to insult.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake.

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.