There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.

It is like taking the sun out of the world, to bereave human life of friendship.

A letter does not blush.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.