As a general rule, nobody has money who ought to have it.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

No one for a moment can pretend that printing is so great a discovery as writing, or algebra as a language.