Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.