It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.

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

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.

No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.

The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.