The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.