Wisdom begins in wonder.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
A multitude of books distracts the mind.
The eye is easily frightened.
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Is not every man sometimes a radical in politics? Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick, or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused; when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.
The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.
A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they’re about to do and thinks it still matters.
At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Here’s the thing: the world is not going to issue you an engraved invitation to this life.
To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and when Death has taken off the Mask, they will know one another, though the divers Liveries they wear here make them Strangers.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust
