The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.

Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.

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

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.