The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.

The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.