All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.

It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.