There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest.

Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong

Nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.