Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
Let the soldier yield to the civilian.
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.