We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end.

There are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying?

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.

The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those of the mind.

All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot.