The things which we hold in our hands, which we see with our eyes, and which our avarice hugs, are transitory, they may be taken from us by ill luck or by violence; but a kindness lasts even after the loss of that by means of which it was bestowed; for it is a good deed, which no violence can undo.

No book can be so good, as to be profitable when negligently read.

While crime is punished it yet increases.

Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

Principles are like seeds; they are little things which do much good, if the mind that receives them has the right attitudes.

Simple is the language of truth.