There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.

Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?

The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial.

Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently.