The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

It's unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.

If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

The voice is nothing but beaten air.

He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?