How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.