Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.

Every journey has an end.

True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.

A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.

No emotion falls into dislike so readily as sorrow.

What's the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.