Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
It is the property of a great and good mind to covet, not the fruit of good deeds, but good deeds themselves, and to seek for a good man even after having met with bad men.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.