The secret to humor is surprise.

A person's life persuades better than his word.

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

Happiness is the highest good

The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

The young are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine.