“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”

“The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.”

“My hate is general, I detest all men;Some because they are wicked and do evil,Others because they tolerate the wicked,Refusing them the active vigorous scornWhich vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.”

“Ah! What a fine thing it is to know something!”

“What a terrible thing to be a great lord, yet a wicked man.”

“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”

“Then why do you want to know?""Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.”