It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.

Intemperance in talk makes dreadful havoc in the heart.

He, who loves praise, loves temptation.

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

A great man is made so for others.

The fewer desires, the more peace.