What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

True nobility is exempt from fear.