We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.

But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.