Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers.