Peace is so beneficial that the word itself is pleasant to hear.

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

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.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.