Each part of life has its own pleasures. Each has its own abundant harvest, to be garnered in season. We may grow old in body, but we need never grow old in mind and spirit. No one is as old as to think he or she cannot live one more year.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

The master sometimes serves, and the servant sometimes is master.

It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.