The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.