Virtue does not consist in the absence of the passions, but in the control of them.
A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.
The books are balanced in heaven, not here.
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.