The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach

No lie ever reaches old age.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself

Better not to exist than live basely.