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.

When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

He he he... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he! That's... madness.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.