It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Studies are the food of youth, the delight of old age; the ornament of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity; a delight at home, and no hindrance abroad; they are companions by night, and in travel, and in the country.

The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.

Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.