Speech is the mirror of the mind.

We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself.

Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.

If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.

There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.