The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

Those who do not know history will forever remain children

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

For he, indeed, who looks into the face of a friend beholds, as it were, a copy of himself.