If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.
Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.
Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own