Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed.

A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.

The gardener plants trees, not one berry of which he will ever see: and shall not a public man plant laws, institutions, government, in short, under the same conditions?