When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.

Life is short, but art lives forever.

Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.

Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.