Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

The law of the pleasure in having done anything for another is, that the one almost immediately forgets having given, and the other remembers eternally having received.

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen that is the common right of humanity.

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.

If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.

Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most.