Honor is the reward of virtue.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.

The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret -- that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him.

The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.