A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

Next to God, thy parents.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.

The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here make them strangers.

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.