What sort of tree is there which will not, if neglected, grow crooked and unfruitful; what but Will, if rightly ordered, prove productive and bring its fruit to maturity? What strength of body is there which will not lose its vigor and fall to decay by laziness, nice usage, and debauchery?

So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.

Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.

Wisdom is neither gold, nor silver, nor fame, nor wealth, nor health, nor strength, nor beauty.

God alone is entirely exempt from all want of human virtues, that which needs least is the most absolute and divine.

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them.

Fate, however, is to all appearance more unavoidable than unexpected.