No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.

Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.

A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary

Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.

There is no evil without its compensation.

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.