An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

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.

It is no flattery to give a friend a due character; for commendation is as much the duty of a friend as reprehension.

Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses.

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

He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.