No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.

My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.