Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.
There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.
No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.
No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven.