The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle.

The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.

That we may consult concerning others, and not others concerning us.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

Memory: what wonders it performs in preserving and storing up things gone by - or rather, things that are

Were it only to learn benevolence to humankind, we should be merciful to other creatures.

When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.