Whatever is graceful is virtuous, and whatever is virtuous is graceful.

They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.

A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.

For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than #‎ agriculture

Falsehoods border on truths.