Give nobly to indigent merit, and do not refuse your charity even to those who have not merit but their misery.

I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.

Endeavor, as much as you can, to keep company with people above you.... Do not mistake, when I say company above you, and think that I mean with regard to their birth; that is the least consideration; but I mean with regard to their merit, and the light in which the world considers them.

A certain degree of fear produces the same effects as rashness.

Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.

One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning.

Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.