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.

Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man.

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

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

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

Peace is freedom in tranquility.