Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say.

A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk's bill, no sharp talon, no roughness of teeth, no such strength of stomach or heat of digestion, as can be sufficient to convert or alter such heavy and fleshy fare.

Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.

Nature without learning is blind, learning apart from nature is fractional, and practice in the absence of both is aimless.

Man is neither by birth nor disposition a savage, nor of unsocial habits, but only becomes so by indulging in vices contrary to his nature.

It is the admirer of himself, and not the admirer of virtue, that thinks himself superior to others.

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