Pardon Is Granted To Necessity.

Whatever Is Done Without Ostentation, And Without The People Being Witnesses Of It, Is, In My Opinion, Most Praiseworthy: Not That The Public Eye Should Be Entirely Avoided, For Good Actions Desire To Be Placed In The Light; But Notwithstanding This, The Greatest Theater For Virtue Is Conscience.

There Is No More Sure Tie Between Friends Than When They Are United In Their Objects And Wishes.

Every Man Can Tell How Many Goats Or Sheep He Possesses, But Not How Many Friends.

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

What Then Is Freedom? The Power To Live As One Wishes.