The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil.

Our nature holds so much envy and malice that our pleasure in our own advantages is not so great as our distress at others'.

When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

As those that pull down private houses adjoining to the temples of the gods, prop up such parts as are contiguous to them; so, in undermining bashfulness, due regard is to be had to adjacent modesty, good-nature and humanity.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

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