A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

Everything is alive... Everything is interconnected.

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.