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

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.

For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.