Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
Justice is the truth in action.
We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.
How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!
The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable.