I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

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

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.