Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

Thrift is a great revenue.

As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.