To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.

To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.

None are rash when they are not seen by anybody.

The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.

When the truth offends no one it should come from our lips as naturally as the air we breathe.