Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
A feeble body weakens the mind.
No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.
Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.
Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.
The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
