Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.