Extreme justice is extreme injustice.

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is unchangeable and eternal. ... It will not lay down one rule at Rome and another at Athens, nor will it be one rule today and another tomorrow. But there will be one law eternal and unchangeable binding all times and upon all peoples.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Our liberality should not exceed our ability.

For even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.