As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.

Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Life without literary studies is death.

As long as you live, learn how to live.

The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.