In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
No one dies too soon who has finished the course of perfect virtue.
They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.
The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.