From my grandfather's father, I learned to dispense with attendance at public schools, and to enjoy good teachers at home, and to recognize that on such things money should be eagerly spent.

No one wearies of benefits received.

Let every action aim solely at the common good.

After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.

Nature in no case cometh short of art, for the arts are copiers of natural forms.

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.