“Peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
Peace“So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.”
Trust“Peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
Peace“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.”
Friendship“No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.”
Great“The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.”
Age“It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”
Sympathy“Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.”
God“It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.”
Nature“To some extent I liken slavery to death.”
Death“We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.”
Truth“Live as brave men and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.”
Men“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”
Death“In time of war the laws are silent.”
Time“I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.”
Education“In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.”
Health“Laws are silent in time of war.”
Time“Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.”
Truth“Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.”
Nature“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.”
Great“Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.”
Death“Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.”
Wisdom