Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

It has seemed to be more necessary to have regard to the weight of words rather than to their number.

He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing.

Man must suffer to be wise.

Thrift is a great revenue.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.