A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.

They that live in a trading street are not disturbed at the passage of carts

That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart

Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception

The conquest of passion gives ten times more happiness than we can reap from the gratification of it