A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.

It is equally pointless to weep because we won't be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here a hundred years ago.

Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language, the quest for new-fangled phrases and little-known words comes from a puerile and pedantic ambition.

He that is a friend to himself, know; he is a friend to all.

We should rather examine, who is better learned, than who is more learned.

Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice; for indeed it seems we have no other test of truth and reason than the example and pattern of the opinions and customs of the country we live in

The religion of my doctor or my lawyer cannot matter. That consideration has nothing in common with the functions of the friendship they owe me.