Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a word. I am speaking of myself.

In the interchange of thought use no coin but gold and silver.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Agriculture engenders good sense, and good sense of an excellent kind.

To see the world is to judge the judges.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax.