All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.

Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Children ought to be led to honorable practices by means of encouragement and reasoning, and most certainly not by blows and ill treatment.

A healer of others, himself diseased.

Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.

The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants.