“It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.”
“Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.”
“The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.”
“No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.”
“To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.”
“What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.”
“The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.”
“He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.”
“The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.”
“Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.”
“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
“It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.”
“Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs than freedom never endangered.”
“It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.”
“A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.”
“No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.”
“Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.”
“There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.”
“Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.”
“Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.”
“So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.”
“When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.”
“Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its grieves and anxieties.”
“The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.”
“All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.”
“The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”
“Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?”
“Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.”
“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.”
“They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.”