Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.

No man esteems anything that comes to him by chance; but when it is governed by reason, it brings credit both to the giver and receiver; whereas those favors are in some sort scandalous that make a man ashamed of his patron.

As was his language so was his life.

Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.

It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.

Fine conduct is always spontaneous.