The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.