If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
The agriculture of the earth is a blessing, while the agriculture of the mind is a curse.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
While there’s life, there’s hope.
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
In times of war, the law falls silent.
Silence can sometimes be the best answer.
A man of courage is also full of faith.
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
The wise are instructed by reason, the ordinary mind by experience, the stupid by necessity, and brute animals by instinct.
It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
To be free is nothing, to become free is everything.
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey’s end?
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
While we are postponing, life speeds by.
The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
There is no such thing as good or bad luck; just a series of choices and their consequences.
The more laws, the less justice.
Without virtue, nothing is acceptable; without prudence, nothing is safe.
Our character is not defined by the battles we win or lose, but by the battles we dare to fight.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
He who seeks is a beginner; he who finds is he who is proficient.
Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
In the face of true insight, nothing remains hidden.
The first law of nature is that all men should strive to learn before they die.
The greatest riches are to live content with little.
You must either learn to conquer your anger, or it will conquer you.
The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings.
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