Through doubt we arrive at the truth.
There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.
Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.
Like associates with like.
When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.
There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.