In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.

That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.

If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.

Men learn while they teach.

Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.