Each man forms his duty according to his predominant characteristic; the stern require an avenging judge; the gentle, a forgiving father. Just so the pygmies declared that Jove himself was a pygmy.

Labour is the purgatory of the erring.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain we should save our brethren, if we would suffer our own weakness to be the measure of theirs.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.