Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.

What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.

The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly.

The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.

It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity.

Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.

To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind.