Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

Outward simplicity befits ordinary men, like a garment made to measure for them; but it serves as an adornment to those who have filled their lives with great deeds: they might be compared to some beauty carelessly dressed and thereby all the more attractive.

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

To give awkwardly is churlishness. The most difficult part is to give, then why not add a smile?

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.