The sun should not set upon our anger; neither should he rise upon our confidence. We should forgive freely, but forget rarely. I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.

The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain.

The two most precious things on this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive…

The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.