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"This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct."
"In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality."
"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 well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy."
"The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves."
"For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate."
"He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect."
"The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man."
"Peace is liberty in tranquillity."
"The freedom of poetic license."
"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. [Lat., Esse oportet ut vivas, non vivere ut edas.]"
"Every generous action loves the public view; yet no theatre for virtue is equal to a consciousness of it."
"They who dare to ask anything of a friend, by their very request seem to imply that they would do anything for the sake of that friend."
"No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds."
"No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality."
"To-morrow will give some food for thought."
"For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant."
"Justice renders to every one his due."
"Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity."
"The foundation of justice is good faith."