Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.

Examples of vicious courses practiced in a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when we behold them in persons in authority.

No man ever became very wicked all at once.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

For the short-lived bloom and contracted span of brief and wretched life is fast fleeting away! While we are drinking and calling for garlands, ointments, and women, old age steals swiftly on with noiseless step.

Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)