Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.

Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.

Vice is contagious, and there is no trusting the sound and the sick together.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.