The abundance of books is distraction
Money has never yet made anyone rich.
The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
Certain laws have not been written, but they are more fixed than all the written laws.