"For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor."

"A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue."

"It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory."

"That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes."

"Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite."

"Everything that has a beginning comes to an end."

"We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty."

"Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish."

"We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide."

"Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune."

"He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity."

"Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended."

"The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body."

"Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be."

"While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it."

"Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire."

"The perfection of art is to conceal art."

"The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression."

"In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept."

"While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost."

"The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery."

"Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune."

"To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man."

"Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues."

"Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake."

"God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech."

"It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity."