There is not a more pleasante exercise of the mind than gratitude.

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.

Sir Francis Bacon observed that a well-written book, compared with its rivals and antagonists, is like Moses' serpent, that immediately swallowed up and devoured those of the Egyptians.

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an enemy inflames his crimes.

Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment have, in that action, bound themselves to be good-humored, affable, discreet, forgiving, patient, and joyful, with respect to each other's frailties and perfections, to the end of their lives.

There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.

A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.