The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.

Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?