The judge should not be young, he should have learned to know evil, not from his own soul, but from late and long observation of the nature of evil in others.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course, but flags before reaching the goal: he is quick off the mark, but ends in disgrace and slinks away crestfallen and uncrowned. The crown is the prize of the really good runner who perseveres to the end.

What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.

It is correct to make a priority of young people, taking care that they turn out as well as possible.

The qualities which a man seeks in his beloved are those characteristics of his own soul, whether he knows it or not.

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.