Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.

Life without learning is death.

Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.

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