Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.
Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than virtue; nothing can be taken from it, and the name of virtue be left.
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.
The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.