It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.

Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.

It is one thing to remember, another to know. To remember is to safeguard something entrusted to the memory. But to know is to make each thing one's own, not depend on the text and always to look back to the teacher. "Zeno said this, Cleanthes said this." Let there be space between you and the book.

If you don't know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.

The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience, the next for health of mind, and then of body.

Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.

It is opportunity that makes the thief.