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

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

Courage is virtue which champions the cause of right.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.