Laws are not made for the good.

The real artist, who knew what he was imitating, would be interested in realities and not in imitations; and would desire to leave as memorials of himself works many and fair; and, instead of being the author of encomiums, he would prefer to be the theme of them.

Pride divides the men, humility joins them.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor knowledge of mind.

Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world.

What most counts is not merely to live, but to live right.