Now, of all the benefits that virtue confers upon us, the contempt of death is one of the greatest.

I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

The most regular and most perfect soul in the world has but too much to do to keep itself upright from being overthrown by its own weakness.

The worth of the mind consisteth not in going high, but in marching orderly.

It is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.

It is indeed the boundary of life, beyond which we are not to pass; which the law of nature has pitched for a limit not to be exceeded.

Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.