A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.
The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children.
Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.
Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name.
Morals refine manners, as manners refine morals.
A defeat borne with pride is also a victory.
To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.
Blessed is trust, for it blesses both those who have it to give and those who receive it.
Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.
Be the first to say something obvious and achieve immortality.
One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.
The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.
One thought cannot awake without awakening others.
Those whom we support hold us up in life.
What you wish to do you are apt to think you ought to do.
Pity is love in undress.
Most imitators attempt the inimitable.
Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.
What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Conquer, but don't triumph.
He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.
Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.
Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.
Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one's self.
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