We should never so entirely av...

We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.

For one day spent well, and ag...

For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error.

Death is dreadful to the man w...

Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

Some men make a womanish compl...

Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it.

The whole life of a philosophe...

The whole life of a philosopher is the meditation of his death.

I depart from life as from an ...

I depart from life as from an inn, and not as from my home.
[Lat., Ex vita discedo, tanquam ex hospitio, non tanquam ex domo.]

The last day does not bring ex...

The last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
[Lat., Supremus ille dies non nostri extinctionem sed commutationem affert loci.]

I do not wish to die: but I ca...

I do not wish to die: but I care not if I were dead.
[Lat., Emori nolo: sed me esse mortuum nihil aestimo.]

Prudence must not be expected ...

Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.
[Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]

Economy is a great revenue.

Economy is a great revenue.
[Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]

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Of evils one should choose the...

Of evils one should choose the least.
[Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]

The eyes, like sentinels, hold...

The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

Of all the rewards of virtue, ...

Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

I will adhere to the counsels ...

I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.

No sensible man (among the man...

No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

It is a man's own dishonesty, ...

It is a man's own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.

The great theatre for virtue i...

The great theatre for virtue is conscience.

The impulse which directs to r...

The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

Diligence which, as it avails ...

Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.

I speak of that learning which...

I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.