He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.

Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.

We are all sinful. Therefore whatever we blame in another we shall find in our own bosoms.

Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed eventually to pass into the same silence, will fight against oblivion and for a long time hold their own.