Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

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

Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

The people's good is the highest law.

Let the punishment match the offense.

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

While there's life, there's hope.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the...

More important than<br /> leaving an inheritance is<br /> leaving a legacy.

What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.