Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

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

Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.