Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.

Cruelty, if we consider it as a crime, is the greatest of all; if we consider it as a madness, we are equally justifiable in applying to it the readiest and the surest means of oppression.

Clear writers, like fountains, do not seem so deep as they are; the turbid look the most profound.

The tomb is the pedestal of greatness. I make a distinction between God's great and the king's great.

Wherever there is excessive wealth, there is also in the train of it excessive poverty.

Cats ask plainly for what they want.

Solitude is the audience-chamber of God.