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

We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.

Hatred is a settled anger.

Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as to be swayed by something resembling an impulse of the spirit impetu quodam animi or emotion perturbatione, rather than by judgment or deliberation. For men decide far more problems by hate, or love, or lust, or rage, or sorrow, or joy, or hope, or fear, or illusion, or some other inward emotion aliqua permotione mentis, than by reality or authority, or any legal standard, or judicial precedent or statute.

I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.

Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.