It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.

Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree.

The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.