It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as its recompense.

Promises are not to be kept, if the keeping of them is to prove harmful to those to whom you have made them.

The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.