It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
Like associates with like.
Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.