There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.

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