To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

The most miserable mortals are they that deliver themselves up to their palates, or to their lusts; the pleasure is short, and turns presently nauseous, and the end of it is either shame or repentance.

Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.

Some lack the fickleness to live as they wish and just live as they have begun.

We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.