Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.

It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness.

Nothing is ours except time.

Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.

All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.

No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.