We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own
Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!
Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.
The passions of the young are vices in the old.
If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.