Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if you listen to your own suggestions.

All soils are not fertile.

Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.