I do not now so much as wish to have the Strength of Youth again that I wish'd in Youth for the Strength of an Ox or Elephant. For it is our Business only to make the best Use we can of the Powers granted us by Nature.

It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.

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

Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.