No one has leave to sin.

An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.