Other things may be seized by might, or purchased with money, but knowledge is to be gained only by study, and study to be prosecuted only in retirement.

Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.

The balls of sight are so formed, that one man's eyes are spectacles to another, to read his heart with.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

It is more reasonable to wish for reputation while it may be enjoyed, as Anacreon calls upon his companions to give him for present use the wine and garlands which they propose to bestow upon his tomb.

Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.