His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.

If a man carefully examine his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. Such a creature is probably immortal.

Go where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.

Shallow men believe in luck.

Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we must adorn every day with sacrifices. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.