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

If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.

I swear I would rather be wrong with Plato than see the truth with men like these.

It is the act of a bad man to deceive by falsehood.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

Man is his own worst enemy.

No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.

The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.

Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.