And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.

Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many things.

Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible.

Honor puts us under an obligation as binding as necessity is for other people.

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.

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