Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. (Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.)

I know not any season of life that is past more agreeably than virtuous old age.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.

The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?