Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
No book can be so good, as to be profitable when negligently read.