Alcmaeon was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he alone has the power of understanding.

Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it.

Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him.

Our costliest expenditure is time.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.