Their silence is sufficient praise.

I am my nearest neighbour.

There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.

There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.

That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.

Keen at the start, but careless at the end.

It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.