For no phase of life, whether public or private, whether in business or in the home, whether one is working on what concerns oneself alone or dealing with another, can be without its moral duty; on the discharge of such duties depends all that is morally right, and on their neglect all that is morally wrong in life.

A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state.

What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty.

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

It is not enough merely possess virtue, as if it were an art; it should be practiced.

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.