True wit never made us laugh.

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.

There is a persuasion in the soul of man that he is here for cause, that he was put down in this place by the Creator to do the work for which he inspires him, that thus he is an overmatch for all antagonists that could combine against him.

The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust.

Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short, but when we have had our swing of pleasure, our fill of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say we have had our day.

To make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.