The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.

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

If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have you in losing your cruelty? It merely deprives you of the food of lions and vultures...let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.