An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands.

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had the presumption to command Alexander the haughtiest of all men.

Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.

Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.

An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands.