All erroneous ideas would perish of their own accord if given clear expression.

Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it.

Vice foments war; it is virtue which actually fights. If there were no virtue, we would live in peace forever.

Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.

The idle always have a mind to do something.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.