"Never injure a friend, even in jest."
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"All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief."
"A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others."
"Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?"
"Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law."
"The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due."
"Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak."
"Peace is liberty in tranquillity."
"The best interpreter of the law is custom."
"Honor is the reward of virtue."
"Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason."
"In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought."
"For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends."
"People do not understand what a great revenue economy is."
"Freedom is a possession of inestimable value."
"It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much."
"What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?"
"Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due."
"World history is a court of judgment."
"In unphilosophical minds any rare or unexpected thing excites wonder, while in philosophical minds the familiar excites wonder also."