Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.

Hatred is settled anger.

So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.