To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come.

It is as common for tastes to change as it is uncommon for traits of character.

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.