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

Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.

Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is summary and effectual.

It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.

He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when it is in his power to do so.

Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.