“Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.”

Soul and intellect are just the same things.

It is better to destroy one’s own errors than those of others.

Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.

Virtue isn’t not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.

All things happen by virtue of necessity.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

The word is the shadow of the deed.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.

The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.

Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.

To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.

Never trust cynics, as they excuse their own bad deeds by telling themselves everyone does it.

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

Integrity is when our words and deeds are consistent with our intentions.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.