Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

To freemen, threats are impotent.