Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.

The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading while we are young. I have had as much of this pleasure perhaps as any one.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

You shall yourself be judge. Reason, with most people, means their own opinion.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.