The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration.

Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly what he is.

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

There is no stronger test of a person's character than power and authority, exciting as they do every passion, and discovering every latent vice.

A lover's soul lives in the body of his mistress.

I, for my part, wonder of what sort of feeling, mind or reason that man was possessed who was first to pollute his mouth with gore, and to allow his lips to touch the flesh of a murdered being: who spread his table with the mangled forms of dead bodies, and claimed as daily food and dainty dishes what but now were beings endowed with movement, perception and with voice. …but for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that portion of life and time it had been born in to the world to enjoy.

When men are arrived at the goal, they should not turn back.