Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so far as it disposes and eases his way to action by the greater trust that it procures him.
For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
Character is long-standing habit.
We rich men count our felicity and happiness to lie in these superfluities, and not in those necessary things.
I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.
It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.
Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.
In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.
The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.