There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.

Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death; a thousand doors open on to it.

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.

The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.

It is remarkable that Providence has given us all things for our advantage near at hand; but iron, gold, and silver, being both the instruments of blood and slaughter and the price of it, nature has hidden in the bowels of the earth.

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