Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.
Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.
The good of the people is the greatest law.
It is a great thing to know your vices.
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.