That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

For many wish not so much to be, as to seem to be, endowed with real virtue.

To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.

Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute.