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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]
Dum Spiro, spero- As long as I breathe, I hope.
The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.
In the approach to virtue there are many steps.
What is dishonestly got vanishes in profligacy.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
The works of nature must all be accounted good.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
All the arts of refinement have mutual kinship.
Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn.
We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
Saving the virtues includes all other advantages
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
Be a pattern to others and then all will go well.
Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.
Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.
Men do not realize how great an income thrift is.
There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.
Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.
There is not only an art, but an eloquence in it.
Religion is not removed by removing superstition.
Our generosity never should exceed our abilities.
Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.
In anger nothing right nor judicious can be done.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
The science of love is the philosophy of the heart
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
Let every man practice the art that he knows best.
Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.
Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].
The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.