He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.

I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.

Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.

Drunkenness is nothing else but a voluntary madness.