Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

You might as well take the sun out of the sky as friendship from life: for the immortal gods have given us nothing better or more delightful.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.