The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.

I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.

The anger of those in authority is always weighty.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.

Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.