Rising before daylight is also to be commended; it is a healthy habit, and gives more time for the management of the household as well as for liberal studies.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

The secret to humor is surprise.

No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

A man can make up his mind quickly when he has only a little to make up.

Before you heal the body you must first heal the mind

With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.