Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.

Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.

Some pretend want of power to make a competent return; and you shall find in others a kind of graceless modesty, that makes a man ashamed of requiting an obligation, because it is a confession that he has received one.

Nature does not turn out her work according to a single pattern; she prides herself upon her power of variation.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.

Virtue is that perfect good, which is the complement of a happy life; the only immortal thing that belongs to mortality.