In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.
Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
Space is the stature of God.
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.