A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.