Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
To wonder at nothing when it happens, to consider nothing impossible before it has come to pass.
The best interpreter of the law is custom.
The first bond of society is marriage.
Dum Spiro, spero- As long as I breathe, I hope.
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.