I like myself, but I won't say I'm as handsome as the bull that kidnapped Europa.

What is more agreeable than one's home?

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place.

Learning maketh young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serving as an ornament to riches.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

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.