I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.
Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.
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.