Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times?

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

There is no doubt that Greek and Latin are great and handsome ornaments, but we buy them too dear.

Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into.

..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will.

Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition — and perchance to some excess — I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond.

Wisdom is a solid and entire building, of which every piece keeps its place and bears its mark.