The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.

I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Let a man practice the profession which he best knows.

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.