To live long, live slowly.

A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

It is like taking the sun out of the world, to bereave human life of friendship.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.