The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.
In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.