Never Can Custom Conquer Nature, For She

It Is Not Enough Merely Possess Virtue, As If It Were An Art; It Should Be Practiced.

We Were Born To Unite With Our Fellow Men, And To Join In Community With The Human Race.

It Has Seemed To Be More Necessary To Have Regard To The Weight Of Words Rather Than To Their Number.

A Man Does Not Wonder At What He Sees Frequently, Even Though He Be Ignorant Of The Reason. If Anything Happens Which He Has Not Seen Before, He Calls It A Prodigy.

Wisdom Is The Only Thing Which Can Relieve Us From The Sway Of The Passions And The Fear Of Danger, And Which Can Teach Us To Bear The Injuries Of Fortune Itself With Moderation, And Which Shows Us All The Ways Which Lead To Tranquility And Peace.