We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race..

He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately..

The freedom of poetic license..

The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it..

The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit..

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act..

The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death..

I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn. [Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.].

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow..

He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.].

If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carr….

We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means..

Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon..

The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment..

If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway..

To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.].

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

There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money..

Armed forces abroad are of little value unless there is prudent counsel at home.

Inhumanity is harmful in every age. - Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved..