He who busies himself in mean occupations, produces in the very pains he takes about things of little or no use, an evidence against himself of his negligence and indisposition to what is really good

The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.

Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils.

Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.