“Nescire autem quid antequam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum.”

“Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo”

“Salus populi suprema est lex [the good of the people is the chief law].”

“Nemo enim est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere.(No one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.)”

“Nemo est qui tibi sapientius suadere possit te ipso: numquam labere, si te audies.(Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you'll never go wrong.)”

“Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.”

“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”