If rich men would remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would, while living, share their wealth with their children, and give for the good of others, and so know the highest pleasure wealth can give.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.

Piety and morality are but the same spirit differently manifested. Piety is religion with its face toward God; morality is religion with its face toward the world.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.