Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.

Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.

There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not to do wrong to one's fellow men of considerateness, not to wound their feelings.

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest.