There is no delight in owning anything unshared.
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
Every sin is the result of a collaboration.
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
He has committed the crime who profits by it.
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
