Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.