The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.

For greed, all nature is too little.

If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.