Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.
The breath of the mind is attention.
Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.
There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.
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.