If the soul has food for study and learning, nothing is more delightful than an old age of leisure.

No man in his senses will dance.

No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.

When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

To give and receive advice - the former with freedom, and yet without bitterness, the latter with patience and without irritation - is peculiarly appropriate to geniune friendship.

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.

The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.