I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.

The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

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

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

In a promise, what you thought, and not what you said, is always to be considered.