Virtue is its own reward.

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

History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.