The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle.

Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

Custom is almost a second nature.

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

When one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion.

So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.