Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.