Such as thy words are such will thine affections be esteemed and such as thine affections will be thy deeds and such as thy deeds will be thy life ...
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
To find the Father of all is hard. And when found, it is impossible to utter Him.
If a man would move the world he must first move himself.
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you wil...
Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
To do is to be.
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves" -Socrates
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
He is not only idle who does nothing but he is idle who might be better employed.
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
An honest man is always a child.
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state