Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense..

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit..

I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this worl….

I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature..

They condemn what they do not understand..

Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind..

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child..

Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun..

No one sees what is before his feet: they scan the tracks of heaven..

I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier..

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

Every animal loves itself..

Whatever you do, do with all your might..

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

Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.].

Thrift is of great revenue..

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him..

Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our own is the greatest and most certain wealth of all..

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malu….

The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and ho….

Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than virtue; nothing can be ….