Friendship is nothing else than entire fellow feeling as to all things human and divine with mutual good-will and affection; and I doubt whether anything better than this, wisdom alone excepted, has been given to man.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.