Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We make allowance for necessity.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.
It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.