The very soul of the slothful does effectually but lie drowsing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his senses.

The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.

By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them.

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.