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.

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

The first bond of society is marriage.