Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away.

Reason! how many eyes hast thou to see evils, and how dim, nay, blind, thou art in preventing them.

Men are almost always cruel in their neighbors' faults; and make others' overthrow the badge of their own ill-masked virtue.

In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others.

Honor, thou strong idol of man's mind.

Valor is abased by too much loftiness.

Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers roll.