Every one is least known to himself, and it is very difficult for a man to know himself.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.

There is no being of any race who, if he finds the proper guide, cannot attain to virtue.

Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own.