Before beginning, prepare carefully.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.

The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.