Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

If the oarsmen of a fast-moving ship suddenly cease to row, the suspension of the driving force of the oars doesn't prevent the vessel from continuing to move on its course. And with a speech it is much the same. After he has finished reciting the document, the speaker will still be able to maintain the same tone without a break, borrowing its momentum and impulse from the passage he has just read out.

It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

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

The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.

Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge