"Advice is judged by results, not by intentions."

"He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason."

"Let the punishment match the offense."

"In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body."

"Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide."

"A friend is, as it were, a second self."

"You really never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

"What we see depends mainly on what we look for."

"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty."

"This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never foughtShould contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native landNever to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand."

"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark."

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."