A world without love would be no world.

Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

The soul of the Christian religion is reverence.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.