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

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad intentions of men.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

The wise man never loses his temper.

I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.