We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
Life is short and art is long.
Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.
The best ideas are common property.
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right; for from thence comes the will.