There is nothing which wings its flight so swiftly as calumny, nothing is uttered with more ease; nothing is listened to with more readiness, nothing disbursed more widely.

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

The human mind ever longs for occupation.

He is rich who wishes no more than he has.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.

What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine.