O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!.

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind..

Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already..

It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation..

We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man..

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion..

For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that..

Courage is virtue which champions the cause of right..

There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart..

Man was born for two things--thinking and acting..

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character,….

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good..

Nature herself makes the wise man rich..

History is the teacher of life.

Nature abhors annihilation..

Before beginning, plan carefully..

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child..

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty..

Thrift is of great revenue..

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is..

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy..