There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more journey money, the less there remains of the journey?

The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful

I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.