Persons of rank do not talk about such trifles as the common people do; but the common people do not busy themselves about such frivolous things as do persons of rank.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

It is not in everyone's power to secure wealth, office, or honors; but everyone may be good, generous, and wise.

One can not be just if one is not humane.

To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.

Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.