A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age.