Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

The living voice is that which sways the soul.

The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every day guilty of them himself; and as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one.

They enhance the value of their favors by the words with which they are accompanied.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that 'no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it'.

For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.