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.

Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

The first bond of society is marriage.