Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
To freemen, threats are impotent.
It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.
The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
Like associates with like.