Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.

The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary.

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.