Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

There is no thing which God cannot accomplish.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than #‎ agriculture

Friends are proved by adversity.

I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.