Mankind censure injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.
When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.
Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways – I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.
If you treat people right they will treat you right – ninety percent of the time.