Generosity should never exceed ability.
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms.
Virtue is its own reward.
The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.
Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.