Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

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

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

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.

The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.

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