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.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Generosity should never exceed ability.

He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

It is not the place that maketh the person, but the person that maketh the place honorable.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.