It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.