Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.

There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice.

But being overborne with numbers, and nobody daring to face about, stretching out his hands to heaven, [Romulus] prayed to Jupiter to stop the army, and not to neglect but maintain the Roman cause, now in extreme danger. The prayer was no sooner made, than shame and respect for their king checked many; the fears of the fugitives changed suddenly into confidence.

Character is inured habit.

Barba non facit philosophum

Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety, as loving them from the heart, and so to speak, every inch of them.

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.