No one dies too soon who has finished the course of perfect virtue.

The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

O philosophy, you leader of life.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

The hours pass and the days and the months and the years, and the past time never returns.

A home without books is a body without soul.