Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.
Probability is the very guide of life.
Friends are proved by adversity.
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.