Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.

Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune.

To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.

Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.

Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.

That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a disputable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

The impulses of an incontinent man carry him in the opposite direction from that towards which he was aiming.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.