Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

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

History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.