The good of the people is the greatest law.

This is a proof of a well-trained mind, to rejoice in what is good and to grieve at the opposite.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.