Rhetoric is nothing but reason well dressed and argument put in order.
Thoughts take up no room. When they are right, they afford a portable pleasure, which one may travel with, without any trouble or encumbrance.
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
Avoid all affectation and singularity. What is according to nature is best, and what is contrary to it is always distasteful. Nothing is graceful that is not our own.