We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature.
I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.
Riches for the most part are hurtful to them that possess them.
Children are to be won to follow liberal studies by exhortations and rational motives, and on no account to be forced thereto by whipping.
The most glorious exploits do not always furnish us with the clearest discoveries of virtue or vice in men.
A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."