Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.