The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.
Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
