True nobility is exempt from fear.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.

Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.