No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.

It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered.

To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.

Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Friendship requires a steady, constant, and unchangeable character, a person that is uniform in his intimacy.