He has no worse enemy than himself.

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

There is, I know not how, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence; and this takes the deepest root, and is most discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls.

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

Inability to tell good from evil is the greatest worry of man's life.

Generosity should never exceed ability.

We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.