A man must become wise at his own expense.

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

For there is no air that men so greedily draw in, that diffuses itself so soon, and that penetrates so deep as that of license.

'As a man who knows how to make his education into a rule of life not a means of showing off; who can control himself and obey his own principles.' The true mirror of our discourse is the course of our lives.

I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.

Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning.

No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most generous and proudest of all virtues is true valor) and noble in its cause. No utility either more just or universal than the protection of the repose or defense of the greatness of one's country. The company and daily conversation of so many noble, young and active men cannot but be well-pleasing to you.