Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax.
Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.
Slander is the solace of malignity.
The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it.
Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses!
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.