Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions.

There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.

Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.

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.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion in vice.