Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

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

Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one.

Old age by nature is rather talkative.

Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.