It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

There is, I know not how, a certain presage, as it were, of a future existence; and this takes the deepest root, and is most discoverable, in the greatest geniuses and most exalted souls.

The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.

Thou knowest how numerous this tribe is, how united and how powerful in the assemblies. I will plead in a low voice so that only the judges may hear, for instigators are not lacking to stir up the crowd against me, and against all the best citizens. To scorn, in the interest of the Republic, this multitude of Jews so often turbulent in the assemblies shows a singular strength of mind. The money is in the Treasury; they do not accuse us of theft; they seek to stir up hatreds.