Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from our wickedness.

Aesop, that great man, saw his master making water as he walked. "What!" he said, "Must we void ourselves as we run?" Use our timeas best we may, yet a great part of it will still be idly and ill spent.

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

An able reader often discovers in other people's writings perfections beyond those that the author put in or perceived, and lends them richer meanings and aspects.

In my youth I studied for ostentation; later, a little to gain wisdom; now, for recreation; never for gain.

I speak to the paper, as I speak to the first person I meet.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.