To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it.

If a new result is to have any value, it must unite elements long since known, but till then scattered and seemingly foreign to each other, and suddenly introduce order where the appearance of disorder reigned.

To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.

Wealth is the sinews of affairs.

Misers take care of property as if it belonged to them, but derive no more benefit from it than if it belonged to others.

We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.