Every reign must submit to a greater reign.

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.

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