The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human affairs.

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

Friends are proved by adversity.

Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.