The works of nature must all be accounted good.

True law is right reason in agreement with nature;...it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions... It is a sin to try to alter this law, nor is it allowable to attempt to repeal any part of it, and it is impossible to abolish it entirely.

Nothing is so unpredictable as a throw of the dice, and yet every man who plays often will at some time or other make a Venus-cast: now and then he indeed will make it twice and even thrice in succession. Are we going to be so feebleminded then as to aver that such a thing happened by the personal intervention of Venus rather than by pure luck?

Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.

History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life

Let the punishment match the offense.

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.