Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.
To some extent I liken slavery to death.
No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.
Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.
The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.
Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.