There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.