“We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.”

“We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.”

“If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.”

“He must protect the lives and interests of the people, appeal to his fellow citizens' patriotic interests, and, in general, set the welfare of the community above his own”

“Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.”

“The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.”

“We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.”