Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.
Always make the best of the best, and never make bad worse.
He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?