Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.

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

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.

It is the lot of man to suffer.

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.