Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

By indignities men come to dignities

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her

Even a single hair casts a shadow

A man dies as often as he loses his friends.

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it

By far the best proof is experience

Knowledge itself is power

It is impossible to love and to be wise

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much

There are two ways of spreading light, to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds