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.

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

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.

He who owns a hundred sheep must fight with fifty wolves

So also it is good not always to make a friend of the person who is expert in twining himself around us; but, after testing them, to attach ourselves to those who are worthy of our affection and likely to be serviceable to us.