As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes.

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

We are born poets. we become orators.

Before beginning, prepare carefully.

The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.