There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him.

Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.

Before beginning, prepare carefully.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

The best Armour of Old Age is a well spent life preceding it; a Life employed in the Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions and the Practice of Virtue; in which he who labours to improve himself from his Youth, will in Age reap the happiest Fruits of them; not only because these never leave a Man, not even in the extremest Old Age; but because a Conscience bearing Witness that our Life was well-spent, together with the Remembrance of past good Actions, yields an unspeakable Comfort to the Soul

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?