Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

A home without books is a body without soul.