We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful