An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

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

I hate all children of precocious talent.