"The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust"
"The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless"
"Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act"
"Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?"
"No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration"
"No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone"
"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity"
"I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors"
"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own"
"I criticize by creation - not by finding fault"
"I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know"
"I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability"
"Honor is the reward of virtue"
"He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason"
"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value"
"Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law"
"For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends"
"For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others"
"Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty"
"Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world"
"It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much"
"It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal"
"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness"
"In time of war the laws are silent"
"If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it"
"Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so"
"Empire and liberty"
"Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable"
"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body"
"It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error"
