The essence of education is the education of the body.

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.

All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character or illustrates an existence.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."