Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity.
It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
Never injure a friend, even in jest.
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
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.
What is permissible is not always honorable.
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
A letter does not blush.
Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
