No wind favors he who has no destined port.

Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.

In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.

We every day and every hour say things of another that we might more properly say of ourselves, could we but apply our observations to our own concerns.

Who is it that does not voluntarily exchange his health, his repose, and his very life for reputation and glory? The most useless, frivolous, and false coin that passes current among us.

I honor most those to whom I show least honor; and where my soul moves with great alacrity, I forget the proper steps of ceremony.

Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately.