There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

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.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.

What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!