Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

What is more agreeable than one's home?

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

In a discussion of this kind our interest should be centered not on the weight of the authority but on the weight of the argument. Indeed the authority of those who set out to teach is often an impediment to those who wish to learn. They cease to use their own judgment and regard as gospel whatever is put forward by their chosen teacher.

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.